Let's talk about quest hunter

[Scr0tieMcB-1291]

Again, if you believe your feels, your feels will deceive you. If you have fun playing a deck, you can’t be an unbiased observer of how good a deck is.

@Scr0tieMcB-1291

The way I make sense of this is what I call “lack of self awareness theory.” Generally speaking, when I look at humanity, I consider emotions to be a powerful mind-altering drug.

Everyone (especially in Legend, but generally speaking as well) starts using a decklist with the hope that it’s going to perform very well. They’re hyped for it. But hype is mostly an emotion, and it doesn’t work on a rational level without great self-discipline.

If a player is having fun playing a deck, they might not say they’re having fun (for instance, if their deck is frequently complained about). They might not even realize they’re having fun. But what will happen is that they’ll be blind to the evidence that their deck isn’t overpowered. It’ll continue to feel powerful, even if it’s not — or if the evidence of its badness is simply inescapable, they’ll continue to try it anyway and complain about other decks being better while refusing to switch to them. They might even put on the persona of a hater and complain about the deck here, even as they continue to play it.

Quest Hunter is a Tier 2.5, thoroughly average performance deck, and if you think it is better than that, it’s because the deck has you high on hype and believing conspiracy theories.

And don’t feel bad if this is you. The very day I came to these forums, I was convinced based off my personal experience that Quest Mage was OP. It wasn’t, and I was shown data it wasn’t. I was high on hype myself.